Emergency general surgery specific frailty index: A validation study

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 254-260

  Jokar, Tahereh Orouji ^a   Ibraheem, Kareem ^a   Rhee, Peter ^a   Kulavatunyou, Narong ^a   Haider, Ansab ^a   Phelan, Herb A ^b   Fain, Mindy ^a   Mohler, Martha Jane ^a   Joseph, Bellal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency general surgery (EGS); Emergency general surgery frailty index (EGSFI); Frailty; Geriatric

Indexed keywords

AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMERGENCY GENERAL SURGERY SPECIFIC FRAILTY INDEX; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VALIDATION STUDY; ARIZONA; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FRAIL ELDERLY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARIZONA; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GENERAL SURGERY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 84973402406     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000001120     Document Type: Conference Paper

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